Improved rack fdr hats and dishes



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VBe it known that: I, W. W. HORToN,'ot `-,Katonah, in the county of Westchester,- and in the -Sta'te'of New York, have invented anew and improved Adjustable Rack 'for Supporting'lats, Vessels, and other articles; and I do hereby declare that-the following is. a full', clear, and exact description, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part voi this4 specification, in which-drawing+ Figure 1 is a side view, in cnoss-sectiorg of a rack made'according to n iyinvention, the frntne being shownv expanded in a. horizontal direction..

Figure 2 is lalso a side view, the frame being contracted in vwidth and increased in height. The object of this invention is to produce n. rack for holding various articles, which, while it -is made adjustable in 'height and width, vis tio-constructed and arrangedlas-to be capable oi"y lholdinghats,pans, land other arti' cles with hat bottoms, `which can rest upon lthe bars of the rack, or uponboards that are supported Aby said I bars, and also of holding cloth for drying or airing.

iThe article isuseful for domestic and culinary purposes, as, for example, as a nab-rack, as a rack for holdingp'ans of milk, or for drying fruit when the frame is'closed and the several rods are, brought near to each other, so as to forrn a series of shelves.

The'letter A designates the base or feet from which risestandards-B, that are connected at top and bottom by'binding-rods C C. Within or between said standards BjI'place an xpansiomframe, which is composed of thefrseveral divisions D D, Sto., six in number in thisexample, -four of them forming the exterior'of the frame, and two of them, forming its interior..

.The divisions are jointed to each other by means of'v rods 1, at the places Where they intersect or meet each other. the rod which is placed at the` intersection of the twointerior divisions being designated F, and the same is made to enter'. the standards and support the Wholeframe thereon, The lower rod l isalso extended beyond the ends of the frame, so as to enter the slots E, which are made-in the lower parts of the standards, lin which slots the ends of said rod move when the frame vis contracted oriexten'ded, and they consequently prevent the frame from rotating on the central supporting-rod F5 u The framework of the divisions D has rods 2, that go vacross it from side to side, and the same" are so varranged with reference to each other and to the rods 1 and the rod F, that `they are-parallel therewith, and in folding the main frame, those rods which-are on a level with each other remain level'when the frame is expanded. Whcnthe frame is folded together, those Arods which 4are ou a level witheach'other, being brought close together, form a shelf capable of holding pans, dishes, and otherart'icles with safety. y

What I claim' as new, and'desire to'secure byLetters Patent, is

'lh'e combination of the feet A, standards'B slotted at E, and sniexpansiomframe, composedrofdivisions D, jointed to each other, and having parallel rods 1,2, as specified. j

. i i W. W. HORTON. Witnesses:

M. B. SILKMAN,I

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